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ramnerance in Finland.

It is only three years since the tirss tenn; ;
perance society was formed IN Finland, ana
SO rapidly has sns towns s4s the sale Of spirtuous
@ iianors h has been wholly discontinued. In some
districts the manufacture of brandy has been
forbidden. In others it may be sold at whole
sale, but not at retail. The number of drink
shops has been so reduced that now there is
only one for every $40 of the inhabitants. No
lio,ior is allowed to be sold at the markets,
fairs barracks, or in the neighborhood Of
schools or churches These results, it is claimed,
have been attained, not by public meetings,
or blue ribbons, but simply by the moral
power Of the associations,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-19
A Use For Fat Beaux.

Fat beaux are not so stylish
AS the dudes of the present day;
And yet they're very useful
In a certain sort of way;
For when the fall is with us
And the summer has gone by,
All, it's then fat beauN come handy
And as welcome as peach pie.
They're invited in the parlor,
Each one his story weaves,
And they sit upon the lexicons
And press the autumn leaves.
-GoodalrS Sum
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-19
A Lake Disappears.

At the foot of the mountain Eggishorn
on the southern slope of the Jungfrau in
the canton of Wallis, Switzerland, Lake
Mcriclen is located. Last year the peo.
ple Intended to drain off its waters and
use tue the dry land for agricultural pur.
poses. One night recently q shock Of
earthquake was felt in Wallis, and one
morning the lake had disappeared and
the inhabitants may now partition out
the ground given them so very cheap.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-19
A Disappointment.

Bobby Ito young Mr.. Featherly(-1
heard Clara tell ma that she was disap-
pointed because you didn't call last Sun
day night" ,..
HYoung Featherly Gin a tremulous
whisper)-I say, Bobby, did your sister
cav how disappointed she wasE"
Bobby (thoughtfully)-"I'm trying to
think Yes, she said she was agreeably
disappointed. ."-New York Sun.
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Temnerance News and Notes

Out Of 8,O4 saloon keepers in the CITY OF
Philadelphia there are only 40 Americans
Great Britain has IL, 900 bands Ct hope and
Juvenile Temperance societies, Win an ag-
ereeate membership of 1,6oo,Vo
Beer-brewers in America employ an army
of half million of men; they have inv sted
a quarter Of a billion Of dollars IN their @
business, and they sell about one hundred
and eighty million gallons Of beer year.
Rev. Howard Crosby says: It is safe to es-
innate the receipts Of the New York saloons
least, comes from the 1906 men known as
s'laboring men," The destruction OF the
liauor-saloous alone would cure four-ffths OF
the poverty In the country.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
Tho Last Jouruey,

Tho Last Journey.
Orc otLer journey, oh my lovel
Osee more for us to share;
Again across the blooming land
Together we shall fare.
The happy days come back to me-
When first we went away; -
We two, we only, side by side,
That blessed wedding day.
All me! how rspid were the wheels;
How swift the radiant hours:
How dear thy shy and tender looks;
How sweet the bridal flowers.
Year after year We went again,
But never more alone;
With little links Of childish life
That bound us to oar own.
TIE, e1inging hands, the baby words
The losses and the gain,
The anxious, faithful mother heart
Tgia5 solaced every pam.
No mere alone, yet dearer far
Than tenderest solitude;
The gathering of that flock beloved,
The mother with her brood.
And now! How silent are thy lips;
How still without their smile;
No word Of mine, no thought Of thine
That silence shall beguile.
How close those serious eyes are shut;
The'white lids lift no more;
No living look Of love or peace,
No glance at sea or shore.
Art thou not here3 So near, 80 Ear,
Thy face ! cannot see.
Here, and yet hidden from my sight
Oh God how can 1t bel
Our long last journey. She and
Together, yet apart
Homeward and graveyard; she at rest;
with my breaking heart!
-lRose'Tezry Cook in Independent
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EMPERANCE.
The Last Glass

Ihc AASt SldSS
A merry crowd, a careless throng-
Where foaming glasses, Jest and SONY
Filled up the hours
There gathered rough and bearded men,
And fair faced boys, within that den
OF Satan'spowers
One came as often as the rest,
To share the flowing wine'and JEST.
With reckless air.
As if pursued by fends within
He sought the place where drink and din
Soon banishedi
One night the usual igiass was poureAA
Amid the revel songs encored
BY those who heard
The poison almost finds his lips
When from his hands the goblet slips,
Without,a, word
A muttered oath-a dogged air
A sudden lula general stare
Then loud and clear -
he spoke: "Fill me another glass.
My nerves are shaky-let it pass ,..'
Here's to all here"
He lifted up the glass>again,
But set it down and faced the men
Who sat. around.
"Boys," and his voice was hoarse with dread,
cannot drink that glass" ne said
A suddenisound-
Like smothered laughter-then his face,
All stern and white, .subdned the place,
All silenee fell.
81 cannot drink it, for there lies
Within its depths a pair Of eyes,
Like Heaven in hell.
/" cannot drink it, for there swins
A face above the foam that brins-
The face Of one
Whose heart would ache to see me here;
Whose heart would break, I am so dear;
Boys, am done
"Done with the poison; here's my band;
With Gods helpI mean to stand
By all say;
And stand by her whose dear face lies
Between me and the revelries
leave to-day"
-Emma Lyndon, in Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-19

Mississippi has now seven creamerles
in the State. The first one was estab-
lished in 1885.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-19

trfHmphai robesin the Senats. Ths world Aad
applause for imperial butchefs but buffetfsE
for the Prince of Peace Plenty Of COLDER
chalices for the favored to drink out OF, but
our Priace must put his lips to tbs Bucket of
the well by the roadside after he had begged
for drink. Poor' Born in anothsF mans
barn and eating at another mans table, and
cr1fsing tbs lake in another mans fishing
smack, and buried iB another mans Rsauso-
ieunh Four inspired authors wrote Of biz
biography, and innumeFable lives of Christ
have been published, but he composed his
autobiography in a most compressed way.
He sad: II have trDelden the wine
press alone" Poor in the estimation
Of nea,1y all the prosperous classes.
They called him Sabbath breaker, wine
bibber, traitor, blasphemeu, and ransacked'
the dictionary Of op3robriutn from lid to Lid
to express their detesation; canthtnk now
of only two well to do mem who esPoused his
cause-Niccdemus and Joseph Of Arimathea.
His friends for the most part were people
who, in that climate where ophthalmy or in
fammation Of the eyeball sweeps ever and
anon as a scourge, had become blind, sick
people who were anxious to- get we'll, and
troubled people in whose. family the-e was
some one dead or dying. If he haa a purse
at all it was empty, or we would have heard
what was done with the contents at the post
mostem. Poor? The pigeon in the dove cote,
the rabbit in its burrow, the silk wnrm IN its
COCOON, the bee in its hive, is better provided
for, better off, better sheltered Aye, the
brute creation has home On, EARTH. which
Christ has not
II on windy days the raveu
Gambol like dancing Skin
Not the less he loves his haven
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were out that night in the sky, and special
meteor acted as escort, but all that was from
other worlds, and not from this world. The
earth made no demonstration OF welcome. II
one of the great Princes OF the world steps
out at depot cheers resound, and the bands
play, and the flags wave. But Tor the arrival
of this missionary Prince of the skies not
torch tlared, not trumpet blew, not plume
futtered All the music and the pomp were
overhead. Our world opened for him nothing
better than a barn door. The Rajah Of
Cashmere sent to Victoria a bedstead OF
carved gold and n canopy that cost SI50, ,OOO,
but the world had for the Prince OF % heaven
and Earth only litter Of straw. The crown
Jewels in the Tower Of London amount to
s15, OOO. 900, but this member of eter nal
ROYALTY had not where to lay his head: 10
know how Door he was, ask the camel drivers
ask the shepherds. ask Mary, ask the three
wise men OF the East VINO arterward
came there, young Caspar and middle aged
Balhasar and old Melchoir. To know how poor
he was, examine all the records of real estate
in all that oriental country, and see what
vinevard. or what house, or what field he
owned. Not one. Of what mortgage was he
the mortgagee! Of what tenement was he
the landlordl OF what lease was he the
lessee? Who ever paid him rent! Not own
ing the boat on which he sailed, or the beast
on which he rode. or the pillow on whlsh he
slept. He had so little estate tnat Id oraer 20
nav his tax he had to perform q miracle,
putting the amount OF the assessment in a
fish's mouth and having it hauled ashore.
And after bis death the world rushed in to
take an in nventory of his goods and the entire
aggregate was the garments he had worn,
epng in them by night ahe tbam tbs on
the highway and the saturation of the sea.
| Paul in INV text did not so far from hitting
the mark, did he when he said of the mission.
arv Prince: "For your sakes he became poor.'
The world could have treated him better II
! it had chosen. 1t had all the means for max
ing his earthly condition comfortable; Only
| few years before when Pompey, the Gen
| eral, arrived at Brindisi he was greeted with
arches and costly column, which celebrated
the Il, OOO, ,OOo people whom he had killed or
! conquered, and he was allowed to wear hia
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
Lucky He Didn't Look.

A gentleman of this city, living on
Beacon street, was accustomed, dur
ing the absence of his family at Ma
hant, to occupy room in his city
house on stormy nights when he was
unable to reach that stormy promon
tory with his yacht One Saturday
night, being forced by heavy rain
and absence of wind to give up his
projected trip. he returned to his resi-
dencc, unlocked the door, entered, and
proceeded TO light candle which he
usually left on the bah table. He was
struck by diminution of its size, and,
knowing taat he alone possessed the
KEYS Of the house. his suspicious were
aroused and he FASTENED to his bed
room for pair of qucerly mounted
revolyers h!cl he kept in his bureau
drawer. He found them gone, but
being piueky man lie started on 4
tour Of inspection, and taking first the
rooms opening on the front staircase,
he proceeded to the attic and from
there down the back stars to the eel
ilr. On arriving there he pushed
open the door, and. standing upon the
door sill. examined the place, but find
ING nothing TO excite his suspicious, he
returned to his room. put out his light
and went to bed About two years
after two burglars were captured in
New Jersey and sentenced. one of them
capitaIy Tor murder. This man. be-
fore his execution. asked for pen and
paper, saying he wished to write to u
certain Mr. c., in Boston This
was granted, and he wrote the gentle
man that if he examined the top of a
certain beam in his cellar he would
tiud his reyolyers, which he and his
nate had removed from his bureau on
the night referred to when his sus-
picions were aroused. and added that
he had followed him closely while he
was scanning his rooms, and finally
had concealed himself behind the
cellar door, which had hidden him
when Mr. G. opened it. The burglar
added: 1T was lucky for you that you
didn't look behind the door, rs | was
ready for you with knife. "-BoSton
POST
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

RHEUMATISM usually settles in the
back or limbs and often so completely
overpowers its victims that all business
and labor have to be abandoned. Our
readers should remember that Hoods
Sarsaparilla is not recommended as
positive specific for rheumatism; its
proprietorS doubt if there is or can
be such remedy. But many people
who were most severely afflicted, state
that they have been positively cured
BY Hoods Sarsaparilla The disease
is often the result of impure blood
hence the power of this great msdi-
cine overi it. Itssuecess in many severe
cases justihes us in recommending its
use to all sufferers from rheumatism.
100 Doses One Dollar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
Drunkenness. or the Liquor Habit,
positively Cured by Administering
DIR Haines' GOden Specific.

1t can be given in u cup of coffee or
tea without the knowledge of the per-
son taking it, is absolutely harmless and
will effecta permanent and speedy cure,
whether the patient is a moderate
drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Thou
Thousands of drunkards have been
made temperate men who have taken
Golden Specific in their coffee with
out their knowledge, and today
believe they quit drinking of their
own free will. IT NEVER FAILS.
The system once impreguated with the
Specific it becomes an utter impossible
ty for the liquor appetite to exist. For
full particulars address GOLDEN SPECI-
FIG Co, 1876 Race Street, Cincinnati,
Ohio
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
a Distinguished CIergymnn's Testi-


Rev. r. NJ Pickens. President of the
Methodist Protestant Church OF South
Carolina, writes from Greenyille
about four years ago was attacked
with what the physicians pronounced
neuralgia rheumatism, accompanied with
eryslpelas My appetite failed me entirely,
and had an intermitting pulse and very
irregular pulsations of The heart. a ter
rible pain soon came INTO my chest and
shoulders, and became 80 helpless that
could attend 10 no business at all The
pains were movable. and would sometimes
pass from one part of my body 10 another
Finally the crysipelas broke out on my left
hand and arm, and produced much swell.
ing. l was for eighteeh months afflicted
IN this way, and of course used great
many kinds Of medicines, but nothing gave
me relief Friends finally persuaded mo
To try Swift Specific | noticed a decided
imp ovement while taking the first bottle,
continued its use until | had taken about
one dozen bottles, when | found myself
sound and well again, with no sign OF dis
ease left except stiffness in my hand, a
result Of the crysipelas. While taking
tie medicine gained on an average two
pounds Of flesh per week. think 5 5.
a valuable medicine, and | frequently
recommend it to my friends.
Write to the SWIFT SPECIFIC Co,
Atlanta, Ga, for Treatise ON Blood and
Skin Diseases, mailed free to anyone
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
Girls in the Antipodes.

The Australian girl is tall and
slender. She lacks somewhat in COM
plexion, but generally she is pretty.
The Victoria girl is decidedly good
looking. The New Zealand girl has a
far better complexion than the Aus
tralian girl. and is fresher and more
healthy perhaps, for the climate is
milder. She resembles the English
girl much more than does the Austria
Ian, and her development keeps pace
with the former. But Tasmania is
said to be the home of beauty, and it
certainly seems to have more than its
share of fair maidens. 1t is not at all
uncommon for the Melbournian to run
across to the little island for the pur-
pose of enjoying a well-earned holiday
aud picking up wife.-St. james
Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
SCHOOL children will lea

SCHOOL children will learn much
faster if they are made comfortable
and kept in perfect health. Very few
escape severe coughs and Gods during
the winter months. 1t is an ersy mat
ter to avoid the discomforls and distress
Of coughs and colds by using Cham
berlain's Cough remedy 1t is by far
the best treatment ever brought into
general use for coughs, colds and
hoarseness. When the first symptoms
of cold appear, use Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, and the cold can be
broken up at once Sold by A. IL
Barber
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
The Biggest Plank.

Many large redwood specimen
planks have been cut for exhibition
purposes in this State. but the largest
specimen was brought to this city yes
terday from Humboldt Bay. 1t is to
be shipped to Kansas City TO be dis
played ut the exposition to be held
there. The dimensions of the plank
are: Length. 16 feet; width, 5 feet 5
inches; thickness, 4 inches. An en-
deavor is being made to cut larger
ono for tie Mechanics Fair. = San
Francisco Examiner
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
DON'T EXPERIMENr.-You

DON'T EXPERIMENT. You can
not afford to waste time in experiment
ing when your lungs are in danger.
Consumption always seems, at first,
only a cold. Do not permit any dealer
to impose upon you with some cheap
imitation of DR. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and Cold,
but be sure you get the genuine. Be-
cause he can make more profit he may
tellyou,he has something just as good, or
Just the same Don't be deceived, but
insist upon getting DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which is guaranteed to gise
relief in all Throat, Lung and Chest af-
fections. Trial bottle free at Stone Il
Hassells, Drug Store. Large Bottles
81
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
LOOK our FOR ITl-Hoarseness

LOOK OUT FOR TT Hoarseness is
the first symptom of Group. BY giving
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy freely as
soon as a child becomes hoarse, it will
prevent the Group, which can always
be done if the remedy is kept at hand
There is not the least danger in giving
it. Sold By A. II Barber.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
TIE EXCELLENT QUALITIES i.

THE EXCELLENT QUALITIES If
the delightful liquid frut remedy
Syrup OF Figs, commend it 10 all who
suffer from Habitual Constipation, In
digestion, Piles etc. Being in liquid
form ard pleasing to the taste. harm
less in its nature. strengthening As well
as cleansing in its properties, it is
easily taken by old and young, and
truly beneficial in its effects, and,
therefore, the favorite family remedy,
especially with the ladies and children,
who require . gentle, yet effective,
laxative For sale by A. IL. Barber.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
Is YOUR BLOOD PUREp For i'm

IS YOUR BLOOD PUREP For i'm
pure blood the best medicine known.
ScovilPs Sarsaparilla, or Blood and
Liver Syrup, may be implicitly relied
on when everything else fails. Take it
in the spring time especially for the i'm
pure secretions of the blood incident to
that season of the year; and take it at
all times for Cancer, Scrofula, Liver
Complaints, Weakness, Boils, Tumors.
Swellings. Skin Diseases. Malaria, and
the thousand ills that c9me from inn
pure blood. To insure cheerful dis
position take Scovill's Blood And Liver
Syrup, which will restore the mind to
its natural equilibrium.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

ITCH, NANCE AND SCRATCHES
of every kind on human or animals
cured in thirty minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold
by Stone & Hassell, Druggists, Lancas-
tel, Wis. 19y1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
The Champion Feed Steamer

For cooking feed for stock heating scdng hogs for use in
cheese butter factories butcher shops place steam
or hot is wanted this Steamer especially adapted
1t will any kind Of grain in quantity desired
thirty bushels at a time.
BY arranging barrel for the purpose makes the best
Washing Machine the world No rubbing wearing or tearing
fag Of the clothes. The does it all
The value cooked feed has tested hundreds
experiments.
am dngha time hui
~ ~ M BRAISaisD FennIn,oTe F Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29
PECULIAR in the examination. ~

PECULIAR in the combination, pro-
portion and preparation of its in
gradients. Hoods Sarsaparilla accomp-
fishes cures where other preparations
entirely fail. Peculiar in its good name
at home, which is "tower of strength
abroad peculiar in its phenomenal
sales it has attained Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is the most successful medicine for
purifying the blood, giving strength,
aud creating an appetite.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

The comic side of life is not neglected
in Harper's Magazine for January, 1888.
The full-page cut by George Du
Maurier illustrates the "Mtrch of
Progress in 4 wAJ thai every oas,
even a dyspcptic, can appreciate and
laugh over. "A real CHESTNUT is
cleverly described by the studies of w.
IT, Hyde's clever pencil.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

Thirtyeight widows Of soldiers Of
the revolution are still alive and draw
ing pensions Their average age is
about So the oldest is 50 and the
Youngest is 70.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

Dubuque agents Of eastern insurance
companies have received notice from
headquarters that the cancellations Of all
policies on breweries in that city is
deemed advisable in view Of the recent
decision Of the supreme court.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

The author of Two Runaways, Ii.
s. Edwards, contributes short story to
the January Century, entitled "De-
Valley an de ShaddeI.9 1t is said to be
another of bis striking studies of South
ern character. and will be illustrated
by Kemble
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

The Prohibition party will hold its ma
tional convention on the 9th Of June
next II Indianapolis. The call COM
mits the party 10 prohibition and
woman suffrage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

The Interstate Commerce. Commis-
sion have declared that colored people
purchasing lirst-cIass tickets shall
have iirst-class accommodations
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

Three Anarchists were arraigned in
Jefferson Market Police Court in New
York last week. One of them
Charles Aigua was charged with felon-
ious assault and his companions, Wilt
lam Hopkins and Henry Nightelnge
were accused of disorderly conducr-
The three men went intoa saloon
on Ninth avenue, near Fortieth street,
where branch Of the United Labor
party meets, and loudly denounced this
country and its laws Several United
Labor men advised them to 90 back to
their own country if they didn't like it
here This was the signal for a general
fight, in which bottles and glasses were
used as missiles by the combatants
Aigua stabbed two of the United Labor
men on the head with carpenters chisel
and when he was arrested by the police,
who FASTENED to the scene of the fight,
his companions tried to rescue him.
They also were arrested after receiving
severe clubbing. At the police station
an ambulance surgeon dressed the bleed
ing head Of Aigua, who had plunged it
through glass door, and the stab
wounds ON the heads of the United
Labor men. Aigua was held in $4,000
bail and his companions in 81 900
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

THE most severe cold will soon yield
to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy It
does not suppress q cold but loosens
ard relieves it. No one afflicted with
i throat or luag trouble can use it
without benefit. Price 80 cents per
bottle Sold by A. H. Barber.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-29

The surplus that the Democrats will
have the most trouble in reducing, will
be the surplus of Republican votes next
FAN